elcome to Mike Weber's clay workshop homepage. Each summer participants and visiting artists join Weber at his forest studio in beautiful Bayfield County, Wisconsin, for a 16-day workshop that teaches the process of firing a traditional Anagama kiln. The workshop site is located six miles inland of Lake Superior on 90 acres of pristine wilderness bordering the Chequamegon National Forest. The kiln is 24-feet long and was built in 1995 after Weber's many trips to Japan where he visited artists who fired in this traditional method.

Mike Weber has been wood-firing for over 30 years at his studio in the forest of northern Wisconsin. He has exhibited his work throughout the United States, in Europe and Japan. 2008 will be the 21st summer he has conducted his wood-fire workshop.

Weber retired from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2004.

The 2008 workshop dates are June 7-23.

The workshop fee ($495) includes on-site camping (rental cottages are also available nearby), 250 lbs. clay, materials, wheel-throwing, hand-building, glazing, and firing.

Credits for the workshop may be available through the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

If you are interested in learning more about the workshop, or would like to attend, please contact Mike Weber at weberml@uwec.edu or call the toll free number, 877-281-4654.

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